Talking-machine cabinet



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f narran srarcs v1,577,445 rarest" orrica CHARLES IBREIVIKEN, OECHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO CHENEY TALKING MACHINE COMPANY, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS. i

TALKING-MACHINE CABINET.

Application filed March 1, 1919. Serial No. 279,951.

To all 'ui/20m. t 'may concern'.

Be it known that I, CHARLES BREMirnN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago1 in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Talking-MachineCabinets, of which the following is a specifica tion. My inventionrelates to talking machine cabinets and particularly to a novel door foruse therewith. v

In talking machines of the type which have the record compartmentalong-side the horn compartment, for the sake of uniformity andappearance, it is desirable to provide doors'for each compartment'. Thedoor closing the record compartment may be hinged to the frame of thecabinet to open or swing on a vertical or horizontal hinge as desiredand which door is lopen only when records are being changed. Vithrespect to the horn compartment, it is usualto extend a screen acrossthe opening, and to provide a door for closing this compartment when themachine is not being operated.. To hinge the door securely to the frameof the cabinet to swing outwardly has proved an inconvenient arrangementas the doors of the horn opening are left open to permit the;` properreproduction of sound, and are sometimes damaged by some personinadv'ertently bending them back 'on the hinges.

To overcome the above objection is' the primary object of my inventlon.

Another object is to provide a door closure for the sound deliveryportion of a talking machine cabinet whereby the door may be moved fromin front of the opening and withdrawn into the cabinet casing.

Another object is to mount a swinging door for a talking machine cabineton a sliding carriage whereby when opened, the door may be withdrawninto a pocket in the cabinet in such manner as to clear the edgesthereof to prevent damage being done to A the door.

A further object is to provide a swinging door mounted on a slidingcarrier by a hinge connection which serves as a stop to limit themovement of the hinged edge of the door in opening and to support thedoor in the plane of the carrier.

Another object of the present invention is to provide for supporting thedoor or closure in a horizontal position projecting va horizontal axis.I provide a novel hinge which serves as a hinge and also as an abutmentto limit the travel. of the door when swung downwardly and to maintainthe door in the plane of the sliding member so that .as the door 1spushed inwardly within rthe pocket it will be carried clear of the edgesof the pocket and thus prevented from being scratched vand marred andotherwise damaged.

Attenti-on is directed to the drawings wherein I have shown my inventionas applied to a. cabinet frame, the various parts of the talking machinemechanism being omitted.

Figure 1` shows a vertical section through a cabinet of the type towhich my invention is preferably applied, the door being shown asclosed, f

Figure 2 lis a vertical sectional View through a portion of the cabinetshowing the door opened and in a retracted position.

Figure 3 is a vertical section at rightangles to that of Fig. 2, showinga fragmentary portion of the sliding connection between the carrier andthe frame, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a cabinet provided with my invention.

In the drawings, 5 is a cabinet of the type wherein the recordcompartment `is beside the horn compartment. The cabinet comprises theusual bottom 6 and top 7 on which is supported the record carryingtable, tone arm supports and the usual fixtures. The top portion 7 isclosed by the usual cover 8 hinged to the cabinet in the usual manner.The horn (not shown) is adapted to be directed downwardly within thecompartment between thev bottom 6 and the top 7 and to deliver the soundtherefrom through the screen 9 arranged across the front of thecompartment. For covering thev opening 10 in the front wall 11, a door12 is provided hinged near its lower edgeV for swinging downwardly andupwardly, a suitable knob 13 and catch 14 being provided.

The side members of the cabinet frame defining the horn space areprovided preferably with horizontal grooves 15 adjacent theirl loweredges with which mate tenons 1G on a sliding;` carrier 17 which isarranged to slide from front to back of the cabinet. The hinge 18 whichis secured at 1S to the door 12 and 18" to the slide 17 has a portion18c overlrangingl the front edge of the slide 17 for the purpose oflimiting the upper movement of the lower edge of the door when the saineis opened, the relationship being readily observed in Figure 2. lThisarrangement brings the hinglng` action above the lower edge of the door.Therefore, to provide for the swinginp` of the lower edge of the doorthe cross piece 19 is cut away at 2O to provide a space within which thelower edge of the door may swing without interfering' with any of theframe work of the cabinet.

The door 12 is usually closed except when the machine is being operated.To open the door for operating the machine the handle 13 is grasped bythe operator, the door swun downwardly until the lower por tion 12 abutsthe Aportion 18C of the hinge 18, as shown in Figure 2. This results inthe door being held in the plane of the slide 17. Because of the tenonand groove connection between t-he sliding member 17 and the frame, theslide will not rock but will afford a rigid support to prevent swinging`of the door any further than the engagement the hinge 18 permits.rllhereupon, the door may be slid inwardly as shown in Figure 2, onlythe top edge portion thereof projecting beyond the lower cross piece 19of the cabinet. This will permit the sound to issuev from thecompartment properly and at the same time provide a pocket for receivingthe door whereby it will in no way be scratched or marred by reason ofits being pushed back into said pocket. It will be observed from aninspection of Figure 2 that at no point is there contact between `eitherface of the door 12 and the bottom wall G in the compartment and thefront face 19, the construction as above described preventing` suchcontact and eliminating all damage thereto. When it is desired to closethe opening; of the sound compartment the door is pulled outwardly tothe outward limit of the travel of the carrier 17 which movement iscontrolled by the tenons 16 reaching the outer ends of the grooves 15.The door may be swung upwardly into closed position as shown in Figure1, thus closing' the opening and presentinga pleas ing appearance to thecabinet.

As shown in dotted lines in Figure 1 of the drawings, it will be seenthat the door or closure 12 may be supported in a substantiallyhorizontal position projecting in front of the cabinet at the bottom ofthe horn compartment, thereby to afford a temporary shelf for thesupport of records.

I do not intend to limit my invention to the exact form shown anddescribed as I am aware that other sliding means than the member 17 maybe provided, also that the door might be mounted in a vertical planerather than in a horizontal plane. Such modifications I consider ascoming within the scope of my invention.

As a new cabinet manufacture, a doorreceiving; compartment separate fromthe body of the cabinet, said compartment having inclosing` members twoparallel ones of which are channeled on opposed surfaces, a follower,means for slidingly controlling its movement by said channels withoutbinding therein, a door hinged to the follower and adapted to swing` tothe same plane with the follower and to slide with it in and out of thedoor-receiving compartment and held from binding and sagging by saidfollowercontrol means.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 20th day of February, 1919.

CHARLES BREMKEN.

